Setup FTP on Amazon EC2

If your Amazon EC2 instance is finally running – which is another story – one would want to have ftp access to upload files and documents.

I got the inspiration to use vsftpd from curiousdeveloper.blogspot.com

1. Open port 21 for ftp access on you running instances:
   ec2-authorize default -p 21
2. Connect to your instance via ssh
   ip=`ec2din | grep I | cut -f17`
ssh -i /path/to/yourkey.pem ubuntu@$ip
3. Install vsftpd
   sudo aptitude install vsftpd
4. Start the demon
   sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd start

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